Daily Bread - January 20, 2005

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

A Celebration On the Bridge of Grace, Built Above Distraction, Traveling Down the Way of the Carnal and the Disobedient

Grace is a continual operation in your life. It has not come as a temporal and vanishing act, but it is forever. My grace will work for you throughout the ages. The kingdom of grace is a mighty kingdom. It is within you. I am the God of all grace, and I am able to make all grace abound toward you. Abounding grace has leaped higher than all iniquity. The legs of grace cannot be matched by your foes, neither can principalities nor powers distract from the supremacy of grace. Grace is superior. Its manifold beauty is untouchable. Allow the beauty of grace to replace the ugliness of sin's shame. Be clothed with the garments that grace has supplied you with, and cast off the rags of self-righteousness. Adorn yourself with the garment of praise, knowing that I have dressed you with the underwear of righteousness and true holiness.

Be content to dwell in my kingdom. It is powerful and mighty, none can bring it down, for it is a kingdom of righteousness. God's righteousness, goodness, and mercy have not retreated. They will never withdraw themselves from you. I have given them to you as powerful triplets working on your behalf at all times. The kingdom of God has come unto your life with all of its power and provision. Accept faith's choice for your life, and do not settle for things on the right hand of evil. I have called you to be first in line. You were last, but now I make you first. Patience is given to you. It is a virtue of my Holy Spirit. In it, you possess your soul. Now glorify me, and give me honor. Allow this day to be a special day in your life. I awakened you and removed sleep from your eyes so that I might commune with you. This morning is special to me. Is it special to you?

Every day that the Creator speaks in your ear and talks with you face to face should be special to you. I am the Creator. I am Lord. Reflect on my goodness and mercy shown you in the past. Judgment was restrained by the hands of goodness and mercy. Your enemies cried out to me for judgment, but the voice of goodness and mercy was not silent in their presence. Your enemies anticipated your fall from grace. I have disappointed them as I gave you favor in their audience. As vultures, they attended what they thought would be your catastrophe. I have turned it into a celebration. Now commemorate my word, and know it is exalted forevermore. My word has foretold of your victory. The voice of the Lord, in your life, is not a hoax. It is the desirable relationship offered by the King Eternal. My sheep hear my voice, and they follow it. Those who know my voice will follow you. Be not filled with dismay. Everyone is not chosen to hear my voice; therefore, worry not about those who do not follow.

Rejoice. I make you glad in the presence of the depressing things of the hour. The depression that you feel comes from principalities and powers. The prince of the power of the air has sent his pressure against your mind. Be not persuaded by this pressure. Greater am I who is in you. I continually work on your behalf. I have caused the author of pressure to bow. Go on in the will of God, and be not distracted by his tactics of warfare. I have built a bridge over distraction. Why halt at the mouth of distraction?

Close off the avenue of distraction. Leave it closed. It is congested with the traffic of the carnal and the disobedient. While they travel and live by the inspiration of the spirit of error, the spirit of truth has built a bridge of grace for you. It is a bridge and a highway of holiness. Come and walk with me. Be yoked to me. My easy yoke and light burden shall make the journey a joy. The unclean are not passing this way. The voice that is speaking against you may be ignored. My voice is the voice of clarity. The voice of simplicity has spoken in your ears. Be not corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus. I have given you my mind. Think on the things granted you by my Spirit. Be not detoured from the will of God while traveling down the highway of grace.

Look up, and behold the celebration as you journey down this highway. I have overturned hatred's cup of wrath. Bitterness' platter is cast to the ground. My joy has strengthened you in a new way. Dance on the heads of hatred and bitterness. They are defeated foes without a foundation. I have caused them to deteriorate beneath your feet; therefore, rejoice. You are not defiled by them. I have made you free. The truth of my word and the certainty of who I am are exalted in your life. The truth will be told before your life is over. Do not regret the things that have happened. The devil meant them for bad, but I will bring forth good in the end, even now, good abounds. Rejoice. I am exalted and praised. I have taken rejection and made it a glorious experience. You have suffered with me. Now prepare to reign with me.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?